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gorbelly
noun 2
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2VERB + GORBELLY
belching, vlat-vooted
GORBELLY + NOUN
hath, moggridge, nigh, stunpole, zolomon
Definitions
noun
1
A large, protruding belly.
2
A person with such a belly.
The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me.
To be briefe with him, he is a pestilence to pasties, which sweepeth many of them sheere away; a consumption to capons, chickins, and other poultry; a sepulchre to seafish and others in ponds, moates and rivers; a sharp sheepe-biter, and a marveilous mutton monger, a gorbelly glutton.
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The belching gorbelly hath well nigh killed me.
Wiktionary02
To be briefe with him, he is a pestilence to pasties, which sweepeth many of them sheere away; a consumption to capons, chickins, and other poultry; a sepulchre to seafish and others in ponds, moates
Wiktionary03
"You girt vlat-vooted, gorbelly, stunpole, Zolomon Moggridge," he yelled, louder and louder with each word, "you've a-squot I so vlat as a dough-fig."
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